Valmazan Folding Safari Chair in the Style of Mogens Koch Mk-16

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1970s Round chrome and burl dining table, quarter panels of burl on the round top with squared robust legs. A sleek modern design from the period.

Adjustable solid brass pendant lamp in the manner of Paavo Tynell with a heavy solid brass counter weight that can adjust the lamp from 36" to 44" from to ceiling. As a side note the...

Lewis Butler (1924-2001) for Knoll armchair produced from 1955 to 1962 with a constructivist hardwood maple frame and blue Knoll fabric with walnut seat and back panels, this was the...

Safair armchairs, frame made of walnut and upholstered in leather. The folding safari chair was originally designed in 1932 for a church seating contest. Probably too progressive, it...

MK16 folding Safari chair designed in 1932 by Mogens Koch and produced in 1960's by Cado, Denmark. Stained beech wood, leather, brass and new canvas upholstery.

Mogens Koch furniture designed a lot of award wining midcentury furniture. The Danish architect was known for his functional approach to furniture design and for prioritizing comfort and accessibility. Koch also drew on older traditions and techniques. His chairs and tables show the influence of the Shaker Style and Englisch pieces of the 18th century. Koch was born in Copenhagen and attended the Royal Danisch Academy of fine Arts. After graduating, he worked as an assistant to Kaare Klint, an important figure in Danish modernism who was responsible for establishing the furniture design program at Koch’s alma mater. Klint favored historical styles and inspired Koch to view furniture design as an evolutionary process built on the traditions of the past. Over the course of their partnership, in the late 1920s, Koch began creating modular bookcases. In 1932, Rud Rasmussen began to produce Koch designs. An early Koch seating design that the Danish manufacturer made was the MK Safari...

Mogens Koch pair of folding chairs in beech and canvas. Executed by Interna, Denmark.